Intro to Astronomy Assignment

Intro to Astronomy Assignment

Assignment Instructions

Instructions: All details for completing this lab are in the weekly lesson. Download the provided Word document and carefully follow all instructions both in the lesson and in the Word document. You will enter your work in a separate file, following the file naming convention in the lesson description.

 

Submission: Upload your Word document, or you may also save and upload your work as a PDF file. Any appropriate sketches, diagrams, etc. may be pasted into the Word document or uploaded as a separate image file.

 

Rubric: Your score will be based on the following rubric. As you can see, phases V and VI constitute the majority of points for the lab. If you are having difficulty, don’t leave a section blank…ask questions! You may post questions in the Lab Q&A forum (in which case your classmates and/or the instructor can respond, and the answer will benefit the whole class), or directly in a message to the instructor.

 

Phase I – done/not done (if not done, 1 point will be subtracted)

Phase II – 1 point

Phase III – 1 point

Phase IV – 1 point

Phase V – Research question – 1 point

Phase V – Procedure – 1 point

Phase V – Data – 1 point

Phase V – Evidence-based conclusion – 1 point

Phase VI – Summary – 3 points